Weapons Locker article about medium-sized, less-than-common melee weapons. NEW ITEMS ARE SIGNALLED IN THE TABLE OF CONTENT.

This covers all sorts of fighting shields, from small hardwood stuff to wheeled ballistic SWAT contraptions to force shields. THE NEW MATERIAL IS SIGNALLED IN THE TABLE OF CONTENT.

The boss in the titular Global Frequency network, which does super-competent global crisis response in a slightly fictionalised world.

All the new Batgirl stuff’s published, but the overhaul ain’t finished. Details within.

Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) during her earliest, Silver Age, 1967/68 appearances.

A scary, weird expert in a comic book version of biofeedback. Superhuman violence monster, but he’s on the Frequency so he’s okay.

Stephanie Brown in 2008-2009, between her Robin era and her Batgirl era. Part of a large series, so definitely check Batgirl orientation page first.

Stephanie Brown during the brief era when she was Batman’s Robin. Please check our Batgirl orientation page first, though.

The heroine of notable 1990s indie comic Wandering Star, a sci-fi/war/coming of age story.

This is the version of Bat-Girl (Betty Kane) who appeared in 1961, with the girly gadgets.

Obscure one-shot 1961 Batman and Bat-girl enemy.

A mediocre, minor DC Comics villain. But there were more versions of him than you can shake a lamp at.

An eager, but inexperienced and naïve, student of the Kusanagi style in King of Fighters video games. He’s more skilled nowadays, though.

An obscure Golden Age teen heroine in the DC Universe. She more or less fights crime with a skipping rope.

A so-so enemy of the X-teams during the 1990s. Mutant Liberation Front member.

Minor, semi-obscure Kirby creation. Oddball youths street gang, apparently in Metropolis.

Bob Grayson (aka Marvel Boy, aka the Uranian) as an Agents of Atlas. Part-alien super-tech psychic. Meant to be read after Marvel Boy (Bob Grayson) and team profile for the Agents of Atlas.

This is Marvel Boy (Bob Grayson) as published by Timely Comics during the early 1950s – the Golden Age version of the character. Includes a full description of his adventures and how to make them explicitly in continuity.

The modernised version of Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) that starred in the 2003 Batgirl: Year One Limited Series.

A strange, small Metropolis police team who double as rooftop acrobats and a SWAT team. From Kirby’s semi-obscure Dingbats of Danger Street.

Two animé cosplayers turned dangerous mercenaries, with swords and super-bikes to stay in character. These were seen during the Batgirl of Burnside era.

One of the mainstays in Resident Evil survival horror/zombie stories and games. Humanitarian activist and combat expert.

Second half of this character profile. The first half is there.

Team profile for the Agents of Atlas, an interesting and modern (paradoxically) super-hero team at Marvel.

Two obscure Jack Kirby creations for DC Comics. Fought the Dingbats of Danger Street, costumed low-level thieves.

A FBI metahuman cases specialist seen in Grant Morrison’s Seven Soldiers. High-level, rapid deduction heuristics – she’s weirdly sharp.

A minor Batgirl enemy during the Burnside era. Class-15-or-so bruiser.

Not a bad harvest this month – 5 bundles that are of interest to WORG readers, though one expires in two days. Here’s our monthly selection.

An article presenting the basics and places of Eternia, the world in the 1980s Masters of the Universe cartoon series. This “base camp” article is where our contributor Ethan’s big series about He-Man and She-Ra stuff starts. Oh boy !

Painfully minor enemy of X-Force and the like. Scythe that also has a paralysing effect.